Rap Quotes

• The perpetuation of gangster rap has really put a negative image on the city of Compton... So I look forward to addressing that image, changing it and making it more accurate.

  

  Aja Brown
  • City
  • Rap
  • Gangster

• I thought of rap I thought of Grand Master Flash and I thought of about what they went through.

  

  Keith Matthew Thornton
  • Rap
  • Masters
  • Flash

• I think, British food, it's had a bad rap.

  

  April Bloomfield
  • Bad
  • Food
  • Rap

• Breathe in...inhale vapors from bright stars that shine, Breathe out...weed smoke retrace the skyline.

  

  Yasiin Bey Black Star
  • Breathe
  • Hip Hop
  • Shining

• I had a cigarette for breakfast, just for beginners, Cried for my lunch, and sleep for dinner.

  

  G. Dep
  • Sleep
  • Breakfast
  • Lunch

• Lessons cut short to prep for tests that only test how well you prep.

  

  Jean-Jacques Cadet
  • Men
  • Cutting
  • Rap

• Every night I pray to God: 'Please, no more wack MC's.'

  

  James Anthony Robinson
  • God
  • Night
  • Hip Hop

• My name came from me wanting a 'double-letter' artist name. In search of the ultimate L-word to put in front of my real name Luke, I heard Snoop Dogg rapping in Gin and Juice 'Laaaaiiidbackk...' and I was sold!

  

  Laidback Luke
  • Real
  • Artist
  • Search

• My kids listen to rap, so I try to keep up with as much as I can.

  

  William Michael Griffin Jr.
  • Kids
  • Rap
  • Listen

• Rock 'n' roll is sexuality personified. It is attitude. It is all the things that your parents told you not to do. It's the freedom to express yourself. It's being alive. It expresses the times. It's a magazine, a newspaper that tells the truth. If you listen to rap today, it's all about the truth. And that's what we all want. Just give me a little truth.

  

  Steven Tyler Aerosmith
  • Today
  • Giving
  • Attitude

• I can't do too much musical movement with a lot of MC's, because they don't know how to follow me. But with Souls of Mischief, I could go anywhere because they are musicians - they rap as musicians, and they play instruments and produce, so they get that.

  

  Adrian Younge
  • Rap

• I didn't think of rap with that type of south feel and that look and the hay and all that.

  

  Keith Matthew Thornton
  • Thinking
  • Feels
  • Hay

• Rap comes from the oral tradition. The oral tradition gives voice to those who would've otherwise been voiceless.

  

  Benjamin Zephaniah
  • Voice
  • Rap
  • Oral Tradition

• Salad can get a bad rap. People think of bland and watery iceberg lettuce, but in fact, salads are an art form, from the simplest rendition to a colorful kitchen-sink approach.

  

  Marcus Samuelsson
  • People
  • Art
  • Bad

• You see somebody rapping and you're like, "Nah, my cousin can do that." You're spoiled by the experience. Overseas, it's still something that people can appreciate.

  

  Talib Kweli Black Star
  • People
  • Appreciate
  • Cousin

• I feel like when I reach my 500-million-dollar goal, then no other woman in rap will ever feel like they can't do what these men have done

  

  Nicki Minaj
  • Men
  • Done
  • Goal

• I don't want to rap about my car. How generic is that? Be creative.

  

  Andy Milonakis
  • Car
  • Rap

• Crack mothers, crack babies and AIDS patients Youngbloods can't spell, but they could rock you in PlayStation.

  

  Yasiin Bey Black Star
  • Mother
  • Baby
  • Patient

• New York City pretty much reeked of music. Reeked of rap and hip-hop. As for me, growing up in a strict West Indian, Trinidadian household, and a Christian household as well, I had to fight for the right to go and actually be a part of it.

  

  Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest
  • Growing
  • Fighting
  • Christian

• When it comes to love, maturity often gets a bad rap - second love is boring; it's practical. It's what our parents feel for each other.

  

  Jenny Zhang
  • Bad
  • Parents
  • Maturity

• Too many MC's take that word 'emcee' lightly; They can't Move a Crowd, not even slightly.

  

  Lawrence "Kris" Parker Boogie Down Productions
  • Moving
  • Rap

• People are taking a second look at Compton or rethinking what they believed to be true. Even the rap stars who helped established Compton's reputation worldwide are older now, and even their images have evolved.

  

  Aja Brown
  • People
  • True
  • Rap

• I think self-destructiveness is given a really bad rap. I think it can also mean self-reflection and poetic sensiblity. It can mean empathy, hedonism, a libertarianism.

  

  Courtney Love
  • Bad
  • Reflection
  • Empathy

• Your whole appearance is a lie and it could never be true. And if you really loved yourself, then you would try and be you.

  

  Malik Izaak Taylor A Tribe Called Quest
  • Trying
  • Lying
  • Appearance

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